jude gardner is a queer experimental poet, spec fic writer, and artist creating mixed media works of exploratory literature. she is eternally haunted by the rural midwestern landscape in which she grew up, and has been enthralled by liminality ever since. jude has been previously published under various pen names and is the author of two poetry collections, two chapbooks, and a novella. she's a former bookseller, a current english lit/classical studies major, and occasionally reviews books.